Sup Y'all -
I've been keeping my eyes pealed for the best breifcase sized mixer to fit my needs. As a production sound mixer/recording engineer/musician I'm always trying to get the most out of my gear. I'm looking to find the ideal mixer to fit the following needs.
1) on stage: in on eof my bands, we use alot analog samplers and prefer to have some mix control on stage. 2 track mix goes to on stage amps, direct outs to FOH, pre/DI quality a must
2) film production sound (front end to my Nomad)
3) additional A+ quality pres to add to my mobile music interface (ULN-8, 2882 + DSP, RME FF800, Macbook)
4) summing mixer: summing stems from my DAW for final mixes
key components are pre quality, direct outs, size and cost. I've never used any cooper boards - curious how the pre's compare to neves/API's etc. I've seen some pretty cool looking old 8 channel Neve briefcase mixers modded to have direct outs but they seem difficult to find. curious what recommendations people might have. Any opinions on the Neve 5060?
cheers!
MikeSound